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Kevn Kinney live in-store performance in Charlotte, NC!

Please join Kevn and Tim at Manifest Disc in Charlotte, NC this Friday at 3:30 pm. Kevn and Tim will be performing songs from the newly released Kevn Kinney & The Golden Palominos album ‘a good country mile,’ now available on Almost Loaded Records/Redeye Distribution. www.manifestdisc.com

Post-fame underdogs in the secret history of American alt-rock

Creative Loafing Reviews Kevn Kinney & The Golden Palominos’ “a good country mile” February 14, 2012 by Chad Radford There’s a sense of circa 1969-’71 grit that defines A Good Country Mile — a sound that has eluded the album’s songwriters Kevn Kinney (Drivin’ n’ Cryin’) and the Golden Palominos’ Anton Fier (Pere Ubu, Feelies, Bob Mould) for most [...]

American Songwriter Magazine reviews AGCM

Kevn Kinney A Good Country Mile (Kevn Kinney) Rating: 3 Stars by Hal Horowitz February 9, 2012 Long time Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ mainstay Kinney has crafted a productive if not particularly commercially successful solo career away from the veteran Southern hard rockers. Now ensconced in New York City, Kinney joined with Anton Fier and his loose knit Golden Palominos collective (Fier produced [...]

Hits Daily Double reviews KK’s ‘AGCM’

Kevn Kinney and the Golden Palominos, a good country mile (almost loaded records/Redeye): A throwback to the heyday of “pre-corporate,” classic rock, this collaboration between Atlanta-turned-Brooklyndrivin’ n cryin’ frontman Kevn Kinney and all-star new wave combo the Golden Palominos, led by drummerAnton Fier [Feelies, Pere Ubu, Bob Mould Band), claims inspiration from albums like James Gang Rides Again,Terry Reid’s River, The Faces’ First Step [...]

Roctober Reviews “AGCM”

Kevn Kinney and the Golden Palominos “a good country mile” January 30, 2012 I’m excited by this mostly because I did not know that Kinney was still in the game and that his band drivin’ n’ cryin’ had released records as recently as 2009. I was a genuine obsessive about the band’s 1987 “Whisper Tames the Lion” LP [...]

Songs: Illinois reviews ‘A Good Country Mile’

Kevn Kinney & The Golden Palominos – “A Good Country Mile” by Anais Mitchell for Songs: Illinois January 30. 2012 There used to be a time in college radio in the late 80′s and early nineties that a Golden Palominos record was a big deal. REM were usually involved in some way and of course so was drummer [...]

Milwaukee’s Shepherd Express reviews “a good country mile”

Kevn Kinney A Good Country Mile By David Luhrssen Thursday January 5, 2012 As a teenage novice in Milwaukee, even before he lost the first i in his name, Kevn Kinney already had a gift for fashioning stories to simple but moving rock melodies. After leaving for Atlanta, he absorbed the Southern setting through his skin, moving back in [...]

Blurt talks about Kevn Kinney & The Golden Palominos

MP3 Premiere: Kinney/Palominos 01/06/2012 “Challenge” hails from forthcoming album a good country mile. By Fred Mills A couple of weeks ago the news arrived that Drivin N Cryin mainman Kevn Kinney had teamed up with Golden Palominos mainman Anton Fier to cut a new Kinney album. Titled a good country mile, it sees a full national release on Feb. 21 [...]

Sadler Vaden’s energetic performance reinvigorates Drivin’ N Cryin

A review of Drivin’ N Cryin’ and co. at the Pour House by Jared Booth for the Charleston City Paper December 19, 2011 Drivin’ N Cryin’, Josh Roberts and the Hinges The Pour House Dec. 17 The Pour House was packed to the gills on Saturday night as music fans gathered to see the prodigal son return. Sadler Vaden, formerly the frontman [...]

The WAE Q&A with Drivin’ n’ Cryin’s Kevn Kinney

The WAE Q&A with Drivin’ n’ Cryin’s Kevn Kinney by Brian Tucker December 13, 2011 Drivin n’ Cryin’ is a band that has never exploded and never quit, continually making great American music. Formed in 1986, their music remains timeless, from great albums like “Scarred but Smarter” and “Mystery Road” to their most successful “Fly Me Courageous” and the underrated gem [...]